GCDarkConspiracyReview
"You'll meet
the wonderful Lewis Carroll characters like the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter,
and the Queen of Hearts, to name a few!"
Joriko Interactive Ltd. has made it
possible for you to join Alice on her adventures in Wonderland in their
new game release, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The tale has
been divided into 12 chapters and interspersed with a variety of activities
to capture your attention and allow you to become part of the storytelling.
The main menu is represented by the
face of a clock. Clicking on any of the numbers will open a new chapter
and allow you to hear more of the story. You'll meet the wonderful
Lewis Carroll characters like the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, and the
Queen of Hearts, to name a few.
Each area offers animated clips from
the Alice in Wonderland story as well as a variety of activities, games
and puzzles for you to play. You might have to find the scattered,
hidden pieces of a puzzle...or you may have to match pictures as you work
against the clock.
The animated clips are beautifully
colored and rendered and feature narration by the infamous Simon Callow.
The character voices are very well done as are the music and sound effects.
Many of the activities are quite simple
but there are some that offer quite a challenge. Although this software
is recommended for ages 7 and up, younger children will need help to complete
the more difficult activities, or they can simply pass that activity and
move on to the next chapter.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland plays
directly from the CD ROM drive. Minimum system requirements include:
486/66 or faster processor, 16MB RAM, SVGA screen, 4X CD ROM Drive, Soundblaster
sound card or 100% compatible sound card.
Install: N/A. The
software plays directly from the CD ROM drive.
Gameplay: 7.5. The interface is fairly smooth, with
only a few areas of hesitation when changing menus.
Graphics: 8.0. The
animated clips are beautifully rendered and quite colorful.
Sound: 8.5. The narration and character voices are
very well done. Both music and sound effects are quite good.
Difficulty: 9.0. Although some of the activities
are rather simple, a number of them are very hard. There is very
little direction regarding how to proceed and the directions that are there
are rather sketchy at best.
Concept: 8.5. Lewis
Carroll's original story is followed closely in this software so the storytelling
aspect is very well done. The activities that have been included
are not as easy to follow, however.
Multiplayer: N/A
Overall: 7. Although
this software contains good graphics and sound, it lacks presentation in
the area of activities. There should definitely be better instructions,
especially for the harder activities. Both my 9- and 11-year-old
granddaughters became frustrated and soon lost interest in playing because
they could not figure out some of the activities. Since both girls
are avid game players and readers, I found this reaction to the game to
be quite revealing.
